As the founder of the Basha Report LLC, Mohammed “Basha” Albasha is a renowned independent Middle East analyst with an extensive U.S. and international network. With over two decades of experience in analytical writing, risk analysis, OSINT, business intelligence, due diligence, and threat assessment, Albasha has established himself as a leading expert in his field.Since 2004, Albasha has advised the U.S. government, private sector, UN agencies, international NGOs, foreign governments, think tanks, and partner nations on a wide range of critical issues, including Middle Eastern dynamics, food security, maritime affairs, strategic communications, policy, and military and security matters.Before founding the Basha Report, Albasha served as Strategic Communications and Client Engagement Manager at Navanti Group, where he led teams working on food security, risk analysis, media monitoring, and emerging threats in the Arabian Peninsula. Earlier in his career, he worked as a correspondent for SABA News Agency and directed the Yemen Press Center in Washington, DC.Albasha’s expertise is widely sought after by major media outlets, with hundreds of interviews and quotes featured in publications such as the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, CNN, BBC, FOX, CBS, NBC, Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Foreign Policy, The Washington Times, ABC, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Wall Street Journal.He has delivered presentations on conflict sources, socioeconomic challenges, and Middle Eastern affairs at prestigious institutions, including the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), Marine Corps University, Woodrow Wilson Center, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, International Institute for Strategic Studies, New America Foundation, and National Defense University, among others.An Arab-American fluent in Arabic and English, Albasha is a distinguished alumnus of the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University. He holds a Master’s degree from George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, a graduate certificate in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University, and has completed advanced seminars in peacebuilding and conflict resolution at George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution and the University of Maryland’s Center for International Development and Conflict Management.